Only Way to Make Vote Not Matter? Failing to Use It

I am so radical about voting that I don’t even have a problem with mandatory (also called compulsory) voting. This isn’t new for me and I’m familiar with the arguments about why, in a so-called free society, we wouldn’t mandate voting. But we incentivize so many other activities with rewards and punishments. Why not voting and why not to the extent that we could actually get national voter turnout rates closer to at least 75% (look at this history of voter turnout rates in presidential elections – even 2008 was not even 58%!).

Please not only read it, but GO VOTE. Starting this Tuesday, October 2, you can VOTE. So do it.

And if you haven’t kept up with my work at the Commons, you can catch up here.

Hopefully you will be able to figure out what has happened and get your site cleaned up & secured.

Email me if you need any more information.

Best regards

Nick

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Writes Like She Talks is written by Jill Miller Zimon, a freelance writer, political advocate and former elected based in Ohio. WLST has a distinguished record in social media and civic engagement. Prior to writing professionally, Jill was a lawyer and social worker.